Vacant job

Do you want to work in the small municipality with big opportunities?

You are warmly welcome to join us at Munkedal Municipality!

Munkedal Municipality is located in northern Bohuslän, between Oslo and Gothenburg. Here, forests, rivers, and the sea meet, and distances are short between people and results. With us, you work close to both colleagues and operations, with the opportunity to influence and make a difference in everyday life. We build on what is already strong and develop what makes people want to live, work, and thrive here. Development is created through interaction between residents, businesses, associations, and the municipality. This means that as an employee, you drive change together with others. We focus on people's well-being and strive to make Munkedal Municipality a place where people are happy and want to recommend.

The Welfare Administration's task is to help people who, due to age, disability, financial, or family problems, need various forms of support and assistance. The Welfare Administration consists of three departments: Care and Nursing, Support, and IFO (Individual and Family Care). The Care and Nursing department consists of units within elderly care homes, home care services, and municipal primary care. The Support department includes LSS (Support and Service Act for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). The IFO department consists of social services, labor market unit, social psychiatry, and assistance unit.

Do you want to work as a personal assistant for one of our assistance users? Then we would like to have a dialogue with you.

Are you ready to make a difference for our users in Munkedal Municipality? In the role of personal assistant, you get the chance to truly influence and contribute to a better life and meaningful everyday existence for our assistance users. We look forward to welcoming you on our journey, come and become part of our team in Munkedal Municipality - where big opportunities await you.

Job Description

As a personal assistant, you provide individually adapted support to people with various disabilities and healthcare needs. The work is varied and ranges from personal care to practical chores in the home. You work to preserve, strengthen, and develop the user's own abilities and create a safe and meaningful everyday life where the user's needs and wishes are at the center.

In close collaboration with the home healthcare rehab and medical team, we work with extensive delegation, which means you will perform advanced healthcare tasks. The work also includes transfers and handling of various assistive devices, which constitute a significant part of the assignment. Although the work mainly takes place in the user's home, it may also involve activities outside the residence, such as hospital visits, shopping, or walks.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who

• are trained as a nurse assistant (undersköterska).
• have good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing, to be able to perform safe care with high quality and meet our user's needs based on both documentation requirements and emerging situations.
• have experience in similar work (meritorious).

Your personal qualities are important to us, and we place great emphasis on them. We value your empathetic approach, your ability to work independently, and that you take initiative. We also appreciate your good communication skills; if this fits you, a rewarding assignment awaits you.

We offer you

• the opportunity to create a meaningful night for a fellow human being.
• a generous wellness allowance, discounts on gym memberships, and access to the training facility Styrkan.

We want to inform you about

• that the working hours are night shifts.
• that we want you to present an extract from the criminal record register at the interview stage before employment.
• that before employment, you need to present a certificate of the protected professional title "undersköterska" from the National Board of Health and Welfare.
• that pets are present, which may affect those with allergies.

To be considered for employment, you must at the interview:

• show valid ID
• if necessary, present a copy of your certificate/diploma
• have the right to work in Sweden and be able to present a valid work permit
• if necessary, present a valid driver's license
• if necessary, present valid professional authorization

In certain appointments:

• a security check is conducted. If you become eligible for such a position, a passed security check is required.
• authorization verification is done via the National Board of Health and Welfare or the Swedish National Agency for Education.
• a check against IVO's register is performed.
• you need to be a Swedish citizen, but are welcome to have a foreign background.

We value the qualities that diversity and equal gender distribution bring to the operations and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and life experiences.

We warmly welcome your application - we look forward to hearing from you!

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of additional job advertisements.